The Vertical Viewing Podcast

For June 27th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo 51 lounge and discuss the triumphant return of Bryan Cranston to the POWER RANGERS universe to play Zordon the all powerful (what the hell IS this movie?), the most adorable flying saucers in film history just want to fix everything in the classic 80's family film *BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED, Red stumbles into a cave full of cannibalistic tribal warriors in the grisly horror western BONE TOMAHAWK featuring Kurt Russell's unreal beard, Scott concludes that HIGHLANDER is nothing more than sleazy trash and his quest for the next 80's gem continues, and much, much more before our featured review of INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE from the schlock master of disaster himself, director Roland Emmerich.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• The Handsome Family - "Far from Any Road"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:43:40 - News
• 1:10:25 - Review: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

CLIPS

• Bone Tomahawk (2015)
• Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For July 1st, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott are back again in the Nostromo treehouse lounge to review the absolutely wonderful SWISS ARMY MAN from writer/director Daniels aka Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert. Join us as we spend Canada Day relaxing on the beach with Harry Potter's farting ghost in search of the true meaning of friendship.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Andy Hull & Robert McDowell - "Montage"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:05:35 - Review: Swiss Army Man (2016)
• 0:26:58 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Swiss Army Man (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For July 11th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the brand new HBO crime series THE NIGHT OF starring John Turturro and the fantastic Riz Ahmed, recent comments from George Takei regarding Lieutenant Sulu's depiction as a gay character in STAR TREK BEYOND, Red books a ticket to Thailand for ONLY GOD FORGIVES, Scott crawls into the trenches for a 3 hour slog through BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE ULTIMATE CUT only to discover the same trash we already saw, Mike has more positive hopes for the second season of MARCO POLO on Netflix, we pledge ourselves to the summer of POKEMON GO, and much, much more before our featured review of ENEMY from French-Canadian God Denis Villeneuve.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:44:40 - News
• 1:11:50 - Review: Enemy (2013)
• 1:28:05 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• The Night Of (2016)
• Wreck-It Ralph (2013)
• Enemy (2013)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For July 18th, 2016, Mike, Red and Scott meet in the Nostromo lounge and discuss the extremely moody synth flavoured Spielberg experiment STRANGER THINGS recently released on Netflix, show favourite Alex Proyas absolutely blows our minds with the revelation that his Nicolas Cage picture KNOWING is a prequel to DARK CITY, Scott finally has a chance to experience William Dear's TIMERIDER: THE ADVENTURE OF LYLE SWANN to slight disappointment despite a pretty solid grandfather paradox, Red completes his Nicolas Winding Reftrospective with a viewing of THE NEON DEMON at the rowdy Rio Theatre and realizes that he may be under the spell of NWR, we discuss whether or not Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (or anyone for that matter) deserves be crowned as the highest paid actor in the world, and much, much more before our featured review of GHOSTBUSTERS from director Paul Feig.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"
• Howard Huntsberry - "Higher and Higher"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:41:25 - News
• 1:09:20 - Review: Ghostbusters (2016)

CLIPS

• Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
• Mortal Kombat (1995)
• Ghostbusters (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For July 25th, 2016, Tim, Mike and Scott meet on the Nostromo starbase and discuss the straightforward 90's style filmmaking on display in THE LEGEND OF TARZAN starring Alexander Skarsgård, harsh times await The Divergent Series finale as ASCENDANT gets pulled from 2017 theatrical distribution and will be released as a TV movie + spinoff series, Scott and Tim take a crash course in Iranian nuclear centrifuges and face the extremely powerful Stuxnet virus in Alex Gibney's fascinating documentary ZERO DAYS, Woody Allen's latest effort CAFE SOCIETY turns out to be a forgettable outing despite some likable character moments and charming relationship dialogue, we realize that the recent reveal of THE WOODS actually being a secret BLAIR WITCH sequel is just a simple case of 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE retcon syndrome, and much, much more before our fast & furious review of STAR TREK BEYOND from director Justin Lin.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:42:30 - News
• 1:20:35 - Review: Star Trek Beyond (2016)
• 1:48:10 - *Spoiler tag*

CLIPS

• Zero Days (2016)
• Dr. Strange (2016) Trailer #2
• Star Trek Beyond (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For August 2nd, 2016, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo safehouse and discuss Noam Chomsky's terrifying new 'horror' documentary REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM as well as Don Bluth's spectacular animated masterpiece AN AMERICAN TAIL before we get to our featured reviews of THE BOURNE IDENTITY and THE BOURNE SUPREMACY and THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM from directors Doug Liman & Paul Greengrass. Also, we crack open the latest batch of classified documents with a review of the brand new entry in the Treadstone Saga: JASON BOURNE.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:15:40 - Review: The Bourne Identity (2002)
• 0:46:55 - Review: The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• 1:19:35 - Review: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• 1:52:50 - Main Review: Jason Bourne (2016)

CLIPS

• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Jason Bourne (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For August 8th, 2016, MikeL, Scott and MikeG meet in the Nostromo maximum security lounge and discuss Melissa Rauch's unpleasant performance as a washed up sociopathic Olympic gymnast in THE BRONZE, Scott tries to resist sinister temptations under the hot Judaean sun with LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT starring Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and the Devil, news of a new ROCKETEER reboot/sequel (from Producer and NBA star Blake Griffin?) featuring an African-American title character, Mike gets transferred to the Sanford countryside to check up on the spectacular action comedy HOT FUZZ from master Edgar Wright, we prepare for another potential Last Samurai situation with the first trailer for Zhang Yimou's THE GREAT WALL featuring Matt Damon vs. giant monsters in ancient China, and much, much more before our featured review of SUICIDE SQUAD from writer/director David Ayer.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:39:10 - News
• 1:14:45 - Review: Suicide Squad (2016)
• 1:39:50 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Suicide Squad (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For August 16th, 2016, Tim, Mike and Scott meet in the Nostromo E-Z Mart and discuss Bryan Cranston's latest Heisenberg retread THE INFILTRATOR surrounding undercover US Customs agent Robert Mazur and his money laundering scheme for Pablo Escobar, the brand new full trailer for ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY invades the internet like an AT-AT Imperial walker on the beach in Bora Bora, Scott bravely endures Jodie Foster's abysmal and cringeworthy dramatic thriller MONEY MONSTER featuring George Clooney as a fiery stock trading TV host caught in a lame hostage situation, the 15 quintillion worlds of NO MAN'S SKY finally shimmer into view, we shed a frustrated tear at the significant lack of fajita platters sizzling past our noses in restaurants these days, and much, much more before our featured review of SAUSAGE PARTY from writers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:35:10 - News
• 1:01:15 - Review: Sausage Party (2016)
• 1:32:15 - Red's Voicemail review of Suicide Squad (2016)

CLIPS

• The Infiltrator (2016)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Sausage Party (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For August 23rd, 2016, Mike and Scott meet on the Nostromo front porch and discuss the toothless and unexciting thriller IMPERIUM starring Daniel Radcliffe as an anti-terrorism agent deep undercover in a white supremacist group, Todd Phillips does his best Scorsese impression (and LORD OF WAR remake) with the new comedy WAR DOGS featuring Miles Teller and Jonah Hill, Mike takes a little nibble from each of the sample plates at International Food Day with Michael Moore's latest political documentary WHERE TO INVADE NEXT, we debate the current state of method acting in Hollywood as Jared Leto joins the cast of BLADE RUNNER 2 in a "significant" role, and much, much more before our featured review of HELL OR HIGH WATER from director David MacKenzie.

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:25:20 - Mini Review: War Dogs (2016)
• 0:45:35 - News
• 1:13:30 - Review: Hell or High Water (2016)
• 1:34:15 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• War Dogs (2016)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Hell or High Water (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]

For August 29th, 2016, Red and Scott are excited to have the wonderful and talented Diana Bang back in the Nostromo lounge to discuss the dulcet tones of Werner Herzog in the slightly lackluster new documentary LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES FROM THE CONNECTED WORLD aka 'What is this new Internet thing?', Baz Luhrman's new Netflix Original show THE GET DOWN features all the familiar Luhrmanian visual / musical tricks, Scott is clinically obsessed with Playdead Studios latest release INSIDE and needs no further convincing that it is one of the greatest experiences in the history of video games, the horrific quest to find Hitler's perfect clone gets a bit messy in the surprisingly decent science fiction thriller THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL starring Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele, Red enjoys his birthday gift in the form of tickets to THE BOOK OF MORMON produced by the one and only Trey Parker & Matt Stone, and much, much more before our frame by frame review of KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS from LAIKA studios and director Travis Knight. MUSIC The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

MUSIC

• The AntiTheory - "Smart Bombs"

SHOW GUIDE

• 0:00:00 - What We've Been Viewing
• 0:57:05 - Review: Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
• 1:17:55 - *Spoiler Tag*

CLIPS

• Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
• Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

CREDITS

• We are on Apple Podcasts, Google and Spotify
• You can interact with the show @VerticalViewing on Twitter
• Follow @jared_sargent and @ScottWillsonBC and @MichaelRLynd
• Send your thoughts & recommendations to [email protected]